18.04.2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 18 April 2000

News Headlines

  • 109 officials resign from public positions in favor of elected duties
  • BiH Presidency to elect BiH Council of Ministers Chairman on Wednesday
  • Izetbegovic meets with Advisor to Clinton and Albright, James Dobbins
  • IMF and World Bank will hold another donors’ conference upon completion of current projects and standby arrangement
  • EU to secure 190 million DM as support to BiH
  • OHR estimates show that at current rate, last applicant will return home in year 2080
  • World Bank and OHR cooperating with BiH Federation Government in order to enable punctual pension payments – Ferguson
  • Sarajevo Canton Government green lights continuation of Holiday Inn privatization
  • Government offers helping hand to Krupa Trans employees
  • German secret service warns of assassination plans against Mesic from west Herzegovina
  • Paten and Solana visit Kosovo
  • SDA says elections proved their political role in BiH
  • HDZ BiH Presidency discusses election results, confirming their Election HQ assessment of HDZ as most successful party
  • Silajdzic proposes seven state laws
  • Lagumdzija meets separately with Ambassadors of France, Italy, Great Britain and Canada to BiH
  • President of SDP Austria congratulates Lagumdzija on election results
  • BOSS demands repetition of elections in Tuzla Municipality due to irregularities
  • HSS pleased with election results – HSS President Ilija Simic
  • SNS will not leave Sloga, but will demand amendments to agreement – Plavsic
  • Prostitution in BiH
  • Sports
  • Weather

News Summary

109 officials resign from public positions in favor of elected duties

The final election results have not yet been issued, but OSCE spokesperson Tanya Domi claims that the results issued so far are 99.5% accurate. After the elections, 109 officials followed through with PEC regulations and resigned from their public positions in favor of their elected duties. Domi stated that there are currently 79 cases of conflict of interest that the PEC is investigating.

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SDA says elections proved their political role in BiH

The SDA Presidency evaluated its position after the elections and stated that their political role in BiH has been confirmed, but that there is a need to revise party executive bodies and operations in areas with poor results. The party Main Board is to reconstruct executive bodies and examine trust in the party among the highest state bodies.

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